The long-awaited local celebration of art and creativity, the Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale, is fast taking shape, with the latest development being the team of organisers partnering up with APS Bank.
The latest cover of "Il Malti: Rivista tal-Akkademia tal-Malti" is Giuseppe Schembri's Bonaci "Maiiha".
The work is a reinterpretation of Manet's "Olympia", which was influenced by Goya's "Maja Desnuda".
The Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale 2015 will be hosting a night of art and food for artists, art enthusiasts and anyone interested in the event on Wednesday April 30. This is the first social event organised by the managerial team in the build-up to the Mdina Biennale.
Snin ilu l-kuratur u kritiku tal-arti li llum m'għadux magħna Emanuel Fiorentino kien organizzali esebizzjoni intriganti b'xogħlijiet tiegħi. Dawn kienu jinkludu serje ta' pitturi u disinji li juru xeni tal-Passjoni ta' Kristu u xeni wkoll li jimmanifestaw punti importanti tal-Kristjaneżmu, bħal per eżempju t-twelid tal-Madonna, il-Pietà u oħrajn. Din l-esebiz-zjoni kienet ippro-vokat skandlu għax urejt lill-Madonna fil-forma megalitika u pre-istorika. Kont sfruttajt il-forma tal-'alla tal-fertilità' jew kif inhi aktar magħrufa bħala 'l-mara l-ħoxna'.
Dr Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci
It-Torca - 3 Nov 13
With preparations for the 2015 Mdina Biennale already underway, we speak to curator Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci about this ambitious celebration of modern and contemporary Maltese art which, as a "lover of paradox",
Schembri Bonaci is keen to move the traditionally religious-themed event into a more secular direction.
Malta Today - 27 Nov 13
Il-Franċiżi għandhom kapaċità ġenjali sabiex iġagħluni nħobb dak li verament nobgħod u kważi ma naħmilx.
Għandi problemi kbar fl-apprezzament u analiżi tal-arti kontemporanja fejn kollox sar arti u kulħadd sar artist, kemm dawk li għandhom talent kif ukoll dawk li m'għandhomx; kemm dawk li għandhom teknika u sengħa, kif ukoll dawk li m'għandhom xejn. F'dan id-diżastru xejn sabiħ, li hu wild il-filosofija tal-Illuminazzjoni-"Enlightenment" u r-reazzjoni kontra twieldu monstri mhux biss politiċi, ideoloġiċi u anke tista' tgħid "reliġjonijiet" u mitoloġiji iżda anke monstri materjali ta' ħġieġ, ħadid, azzar u laned.
Under the artistic directorship of Dr Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, himself an artist and art theorist, this cultural event has now been re-launched with new criteria, and with a fresh, above all international, approach.
The Malta Independent - 13 Dec 2013
